Hose-exhibitor



' (Model.)'

o fw. OONNER.

HOSE EXHIBITOR.

Patented Apaf'fl, 1883.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

OVID w. OONNER, or WABASH, INDIANA.

HOSE-EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,887, dated April 17, 1883. Application filed July 26, 188-2. (hIodelJ To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Ovrn W. GoNNER, of Wabash, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Hose-Exhibitor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device for holding hose or other goods that are to be exhibited in such a manner that one or more of the number can easily be removed without disturbing the rest.

The invention consists in a hoseholder formed of a series of strips and outside framepieces mounted loosely on a bail having the shanks bent upward, and having hooks on the ends for suspending the holder, which strips are pressed together by an elastic band attached to one of the frame-pieces, and passing around the ends of the strips and around the other frame-piece. The upper ends of the hose are placed between the strips, and are held in place by the pressure of the elastic band.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an enlarged perspective view of my improved hose-holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line w m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of'the hose'holder, showing it holding a number of hose. Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing a modification.

A series of strips, A, of metal, card-board, Wood, or other suitable material, are held between two outer frame-pieces, B, of wood, card-board, metal, or other suitable material, the strips A and the frame-pieces B being all placed edgewise. Each strip A and the framepieces B are provided with two apertures, a, through which the shanks of a U-shaped bail, (3, pass transversely, the free ends of the shanks being bent upward and diagonally over the top of the strip A and the frame-pieces B, and having hooks D formed at the ends. An

elastic band, E, is attached to the ends of one of the frame-pieces B, and passes around the ends of the strips A, and around on the outer surface of the other frame-piece B. The elastic band E can consist of a rubber band, a

coiled spring, or any other band or cord in which a spring is interposed at the end or middle, so as to make this band elastic. The upper ends of the hose F are placed between the strips A, and as these strips are pressed against each other by the elastic band E the upper ends of the hose will be pressed between them and will be held in place. One pair of hose can be withdrawn without affecting the rest, as the elastic band E immediately presses the strips A together as soon as the hose has been withdrawn. A pair of hose that have been withdrawn from the holder can easily be replaced. By means of the hooks D the holder is suspended from a bar or rod, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. Other goods can be held in this holderin the same manner as the hose are held.

Flat springs or spring-clips may be used at each end of the holder, instead of band E, to act with the bail O and the plates to support the hose, substantially as above described.

Fig. 5 represents a modification in which the wire bail O is closed-that is to say, its ends are soldered to the piece B, instead of 'being free and hooked, as above described. This construction prevents detachment of the strips A, yet allows them to be moved on the bent portion of the wire 0 while filling the holder. This form of the device is particularly adapted for use on counters or shelves for holding goods that it is not desired to suspend.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A hose-holder made substantially as herein shown. and described, consisting of a series of strips mounted on a bail passing transversely through them, the strips being adapted to receive hose between them, and to be pressed together by an elastic band or springs, and to be held in place by the tension of the elastic band or springs, as set forth.

2. In a hose-holder, the combination, with the strips A and frame-pieces B, of the bail U, passing transversely through the strips, and having its shanks bent upward, and of the elastic band E, secured to one of the framepieces, and passing around the ends of the strips and the other frame-piece, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a hose-holder, the combination, with around the other frame-piece, substantially as the strips A and the frame-pieces B, of the herein shown and described, and for the pur- 1o bag Olip%ssing transversgly through llthe lstrilggs pose set forth. an t e mine-pieces, an having 1: e s an s T 5 bent upward, and provided at the endswith OVID GONLER' hooks D, and of the elastic band E, attached Witnesses: to the ends of one of the frame-pieces B, and JOHN BEARND, passed around the ends of the strips A and I, D. GONNER. 

